Atlético
Madrid moved back to the top of the second division after a comfortable 0-3
victory at local rivals Leganés. Correa gave them the lead in the
first half, following up as the keeper pushed out Aguilera's shot, and Diego
Alonso added another before the break, his fourth of the season. Correa got his
second of the game from a free kick shortly after half time to take
Atlético on to ten points, one above Bernd Schuster's Xerez, who
lost 1-0 to Racing Santander. A first half goal from Morán gave
Racing their first win of the season and saved Gustavo Benítez's head
for now. Cañizares was sent off for the visitors in the second half.
Burgos moved level
with Xerez in joint second spot after their third 1-0 victory of the season,
this time against Extremadura. Felipe saved an Isailovic penalty in the
second half to keep the visitors in the game, but Dani Pendín wrapped
things up from a corner with five minutes to go. Oviedo moved up to
fourth in the table after coming from behind to beat Jaén 1-3.
Rueda had given the locals the lead in the fourth minute, but two goals from
youngsters Rubén and Geni and an own goal from Quique Beltran gave them
the three points.
The other relegated side
Numancia are also in the top half of the table after drawing 0-0 at
Badajoz. They have their young keeper Jonathan to thank though, as he
was called upon to save a Txutxi penalty near the end. The Soria based side
will be glad when the transfer market closes tomorrow, as they have been losing
players every week to offers from bigger clubs. The game between
Sporting and Albacete also ended goal-less, and both teams are
now in mid-table. The match ended as a contest when Albacete's Corona got his
marching orders in the second half, with the visitors putting up the shutters
from then on.
There was a third no-score
draw as well between Levante and Murcia in what is becoming once
again a low scoring division. This was the dullest of the lot, with the only
chance a Gerard header against the bar for the Valencia based side. Funnily the
game that was expected to end without goals between Eibar and
Nástic ended 3-1 to the home side. Neither side had scored in 270
minutes of football, but after Aldeondo headed Eibar into the lead, Deus
replied for the visitors before half time. Julen's brother Félix
Guerrero re-established the lead from the penalty spot a minute later, and
Garitano got a third for the Basque side before the match ended. The Catalans
stay in bottom place with one point from four games, level with Poli Ejido.
The two games which started
the weekend both ended in the same way and with the same result, 2-1. The
Andalucian derby between Recreativo Huelva and Córdoba was
in injury time and heading inexorably for a draw when the home side played a
free kick into the box. But Córdoba's usually reliable keeper Jauregui
failed to hold on to it and Raúl Molina bundled it back into the goal
for the winner. Earlier in the half Soto had equalised for the visitors minutes
after Benítez had opened the scoring.
At exactly the same time
that Molina was scoring in Huelva, Fran Nogueira was doing the same for
Racing Ferrol against Poli Ejido. His strike was even more
dramatic, as Ferrol had only just levelled the scores three minutes before when
Pablo scored from the penalty spot. Struggling Ejido had taken the lead early
on through Oscar Arpón, and with two minutes to go they had seemed to be
heading for a much needed victory. Ferrol ended the weekend in fifth position.
Salamanca kept up
their push for a return to the top flight with a 1-0 victory over Elche.
The only goal came from Zegarra an hour in to match, and they hung on to take
the three points despite playing with ten men for the last quarter of an hour
after new signing Quique Medina got himself sent off. Salamanca move on to
seven points, only three behind the leaders, and are well placed if any of the
front runners falter. |